Velvet Soup

Velvet Soup was a Scottish comedy sketch show, starring Gavin Mitchell, Steven McNicoll, Julia Duncanson and Mark McDonnell.

Velvet Soup
Genre	Sketch comedy
Written by	Neil Harrison Paul Marshall Rab Christie Noddy Davidson Mark McDonnell Steven McNicoll
Directed by	Eric Haynes Ngowan
Starring	Gavin Mitchell Steven McNicoll Julie Duncanson Mark McDonnell
Theme music composer	The Gentleman's Wash
Country of origin	Scotland
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Producers	Gary Chippington BBC Scotland
Cinematography	Brian Jobson
Running time	30 minutes (approx.)
Production company	BBC Scotland
Release
Original network	BBC Two
Picture format	16:9 PAL SD
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	1 July 2001 – 24 June 2003

Background

It started as a radio series for BBC Radio Scotland called Velvet Cabaret, named after a nightclub in Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street called The Velvet Rooms where the first series was recorded. After a couple of series, the show was commissioned as a pilot for BBC Scotland and BBC Two, before going to series.

The show first aired in 2001 and ended in 2003.

It has not received an official DVD release.

Episodes

Series 1: 2001

Date	Episode number
1 July 2001	1
8 July 2001	2
15 July 2001	3
29 July 2001	4
5 August 2001	5
12 August 2001	6

Series 2: 2003

Date	Episode number
20 May 2003	1
27 May 2003	2
3 June 2003	3
10 June 2003	4
17 June 2003	5
24 June 2003	6

External links

• Velvet Soup at BFI
• Velvet Soup at Memorable TV
• Velvet Soup at TV.com
• Velvet Soup at IMDb
• Article on Herald Scotland